Capacity
Storage is sized around real data growth, retention windows, backup frequency, remote copies, and restore expectations.
Designed before ordered
Backup design is where recovery is won or lost.
The wrong backup system usually starts with generic hardware, undersized storage, unrealistic retention, and no clear path for restoring the business after a failure.
What we review
We look at the complete backup and recovery environment before recommending a server, storage target, or remote backup design.
- Current servers, workstations, databases, file shares, surveillance systems, and application workloads
- Data size, change rate, retention windows, backup schedule, and growth expectations
- Onsite recovery speed, remote backup bandwidth, encryption, and offsite storage needs
- RAID level, drive type, chassis, power, remote management, and serviceability
- Bare metal recovery expectations, ransomware recovery concerns, disaster recovery steps, and business continuity requirements
Recovery
The design considers how systems will actually be restored, not just whether a backup job completed.
Continuity
IronBACKUP planning considers uptime, replacement hardware, remote access, and the practical recovery sequence.